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NGT stays construction inside bird sanctuary

Source: The Hindu, Date: October , 2014

The National Green Tribunal has stayed all construction in
the Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh. A Bench of NGT headed by its
chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed that no further construction shall
be carried out in the Sanctuary till November 17.The
Tribunal was hearing a petition filed by D.K. Joshi, who is a member of the
Monitoring Committee constituted by the Supreme Court in 1999 to supervise and
manage drinking water projects, sewerage, drainage, solid waste management and
Yamuna Action Plan within Agra.Mr. Joshi said it was while fulfilling his
duties as a member on the committee that he noticed large-scale illegal
construction being carried out by Anand Engineering College in close vicinity
of Keetham Lake which was created within the sanctuary for supplying drinking
water to Agra.